Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 19:25     Subject: FC Virginia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The coaches were going to finish out the contract year until admin triggered an earlier departure. They're literally just cleaning house at this point


Which coaches, ED? I assume we will hear in our town hall Teams call…


There are a few that I know of. Just be forewarned, Adam is a straight salesman. He'll sat anything to keep people around. I'm sure it'll be how awesome it'll be when they have a private facility that one day they're going to build on some land they may or may not of acquired. Or how he's bringing in even better coaches, working on community events, has a better curriculum, blah blah...

Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 19:22     Subject: FC Virginia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The coaches were going to finish out the contract year until admin triggered an earlier departure. They're literally just cleaning house at this point


Which coaches, ED? I assume we will hear in our town hall Teams call…


Hmmm, bet they'll be serving up some extra specially delicious kool-aid on that call. Surely they're going to try and rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic and hope that we don't notice the program is about to sink into irrelevancy.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 18:28     Subject: FC Virginia
Anonymous wrote:The coaches were going to finish out the contract year until admin triggered an earlier departure. They're literally just cleaning house at this point


Which coaches, ED? I assume we will hear in our town hall Teams call…
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 18:23     Subject: FC Virginia
Yeah why would people go to McLean over VDA or even NVA? VDA now has the most impressive coaching staff overall top to bottom.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 17:01     Subject: Re:FC Virginia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I honestly can't see any of the girls "following" BP anywhere. My bet they start driving to McLean. They will happily trade VT for Georgetown.


This makes the most sense of the scenarios presented. Nobody wants to drive to Springfield or Woodbridge if McLean is in the backyard with strong teams and coaching staff.


Why specifically McLean? Ya'll forget that there's an ECNL club literally a stone's throw away? Some of the girls can and will go there and claim some of those roster spots in the fall.


Yeah, NVA and VDA make more sense than Union.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 16:54     Subject: Re:FC Virginia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I honestly can't see any of the girls "following" BP anywhere. My bet they start driving to McLean. They will happily trade VT for Georgetown.


This makes the most sense of the scenarios presented. Nobody wants to drive to Springfield or Woodbridge if McLean is in the backyard with strong teams and coaching staff.


Why specifically McLean? Ya'll forget that there's an ECNL club literally a stone's throw away? Some of the girls can and will go there and claim some of those roster spots in the fall.


And that club needs help at the 2011 and 2010 levels
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 16:17     Subject: Re:FC Virginia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I honestly can't see any of the girls "following" BP anywhere. My bet they start driving to McLean. They will happily trade VT for Georgetown.


This makes the most sense of the scenarios presented. Nobody wants to drive to Springfield or Woodbridge if McLean is in the backyard with strong teams and coaching staff.


Why specifically McLean? Ya'll forget that there's an ECNL club literally a stone's throw away? Some of the girls can and will go there and claim some of those roster spots in the fall.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 16:12     Subject: FC Virginia
Anonymous wrote:Prediction: Eric Davey to VDA (following BP)


ED original FCV. BP not original FCV. CC original FCV.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 16:04     Subject: Re:FC Virginia
Anonymous wrote:I honestly can't see any of the girls "following" BP anywhere. My bet they start driving to McLean. They will happily trade VT for Georgetown.


This makes the most sense of the scenarios presented. Nobody wants to drive to Springfield or Woodbridge if McLean is in the backyard with strong teams and coaching staff.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 15:35     Subject: FC Virginia
Prediction: Eric Davey to VDA (following BP)
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 15:29     Subject: Re:FC Virginia
I honestly can't see any of the girls "following" BP anywhere. My bet they start driving to McLean. They will happily trade VT for Georgetown.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 15:27     Subject: Re:FC Virginia
Anonymous wrote:If Christian and/or the other FCV coaches that are moving over to Revolution can convince a substantial number of FCV GA players to follow them, then there's at least a somewhat legitimate argument to be made for the club being accepted into the GA. But unless and until that happens, on what possible basis does the GA accept Revolution as it is today? On a promise that they're "going to be really good in the future"?


Right. Not happening this year.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 15:21     Subject: Re:FC Virginia
If Christian and/or the other FCV coaches that are moving over to Revolution can convince a substantial number of FCV GA players to follow them, then there's at least a somewhat legitimate argument to be made for the club being accepted into the GA. But unless and until that happens, on what possible basis does the GA accept Revolution as it is today? On a promise that they're "going to be really good in the future"?
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 14:56     Subject: FC Virginia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If rev is getting an influx of girls teams from FCVs failures, then GA seems very possible in the near term.


They are getting an influx from the non-GA teams. GA players will likely try to follow BP or stick with FCV. I know everyone wants to pretend that VDA doesn’t have room for many players, but ML will make room. A lot of the chest thumpin’ VDA parents are going to be pissed when their DD is Part-Time w/ VSA.


Why would GA players stick with FCV when none of their coaches will be there? Seems more logical for them to follow BP, CC/MJ/ED (if VRSC gets GA and a critical mass of FCV players follow them), or try to take an ecnl roster spot. Sticking with FCV seems more likely for non-GA players who were not on CC’s or BP’s teams and are less interested in their college placement experience.


Because they are still GA. Following BP is the logical move, but if that is off the table, the choice is stay put or move to another ECNL/GA program. Going to another program may work for some, but for the majority of FCV players, they can’t - it at least shouldn’t - assume they’ll start or earn quality minutes at another club…so they will probably be best served to stay put.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2024 14:54     Subject: FC Virginia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If rev is getting an influx of girls teams from FCVs failures, then GA seems very possible in the near term.


They are getting an influx from the non-GA teams. GA players will likely try to follow BP or stick with FCV. I know everyone wants to pretend that VDA doesn’t have room for many players, but ML will make room. A lot of the chest thumpin’ VDA parents are going to be pissed when their DD is Part-Time w/ VSA.


Why would GA players stick with FCV when none of their coaches will be there? Seems more logical for them to follow BP, CC/MJ/ED (if VRSC gets GA and a critical mass of FCV players follow them), or try to take an ecnl roster spot. Sticking with FCV seems more likely for non-GA players who were not on CC’s or BP’s teams and are less interested in their college placement experience.

Interesting about GA is that the application window for 24-25 is closed now. So I guess VRSC could be waiting in some kind evaluation window before announcing membership?